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During the first half of this year a total of 635 outbreaks of FMD have been detected in Turkey.

At the PIADC scientists have produced a molecular vaccine against one strain of FMD, that 1) does not use a live FMD virus for vaccine manufacture, and; 2) can be used to differentiate an infected from inoculated animal using common diagnostic tests.

The European Commission has approved 20 programmes to promote agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries.

U.S. farmers planted 96.4 million acres of corn, up 5 percent from last year, making it the highest corn acreage in the last 75 years.

The outbreaks are located in Maksatikhinsky raion (Tverskaya oblast) and Leninsky raion (Volgogradaskaya oblast).

South Australia will be among the first states to implement new national regulations for transporting livestock.

Exports of some specific products have grown faster than the average, for example, exports of pork are up by almost 120%, which translates into new trade of almost € 200 million.

The proposed transaction would not raise any horizontal competition concerns as the parties mostly operate in different Member States. In those markets where the parties' activities do overlap, namely certain markets for the supply of category 3 animal fats and proteins and the supply of category 2 animal meals, they will still face sufficiently strong competition after the merger to exclude competitive concerns.

Later this summer, the Department will launch a new approach to its testing to protect the public from exposure to harmful levels of chemical residues in meat, poultry, and egg products.

Chile is the first country to accept the entire country as free of CSF.

The study found that the economic development associated with hog production and exporting pork contributes $9.28 billion to the Canadian economy.

WTO confirmed that the United States Country-of-Origin Labelling (COOL) measure discriminates against Canadian livestock and is inconsistent with the WTO trade obligations of the United States.

PRRS has spread to 123 communes in 13 provinces nationwide, ravaging 34,000 pigs and 21,700 of which had to be destroyed.

The measures proposed by the European Commission for resolving of the situation are not appropriate, that’s why the renewal of trade in live pigs is not possible now.

The Minister accordingly announced that he is increasing the current investment ceiling of €300,000 per holding to €500,000.

As from 1 July 2012, the EU organic logo will be obligatory on all pre-packaged organic food products produced in EU Member States which meet the necessary standards.